Crassulaceae
Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forssk.) Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 1: 446 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, SW. Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent. It is a succulent annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1983). Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) in Sharma, B.D. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (eds) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & van Wyk, A.E. (2019). Kalanchoe [Crassulaceae] in southern Africa: 1-328. Academic Press, Elsevier.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1987). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Crassulaceae: 1-66.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berger in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 18A: 406 (1930).
  • Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 280.
  • R. Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Sér. 2, 8: 32 (1908)
  • Syn. 1: 446 (1805)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1999). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 13: 1-284. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1983). Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Singh, N.P. & al. (eds.) (2002). Flora of Mizoram 1: 1-845. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & van Wyk, A.E. (2019). Kalanchoe [Crassulaceae] in southern Africa: 1-328. Academic Press, Elsevier.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1987). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Crassulaceae: 1-66.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 1 (1): 121, 122, 136 (1910)
  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3: 285 (1915).
  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 107 (1974).
  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 180 (1950).
  • Berger in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 18a: 406 (1930).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. Kenya: 31, photo. 155 (1982).
  • Cuf. in Webbia 19: 728 (1965).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 168 (1954).
  • DC., Prodr. 3: 395 (1828).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 79 (1950).
  • Greenway & FitzGerald in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 28 (130): 5 (1972).
  • Hutch. & Bruce in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1941: 88 (1941).
  • Jacobsen, Lex. Succ. Pl.: 286 (1974).
  • Keay in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 118 (1954).
  • Morton in Comptes Rendu 4 Réun. AETFAT: 392, map 2 (1962).
  • Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 446 (1805).
  • R. Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 53: 381 (1980).
  • R. Fernandes in Consp. Fl. Angol., Fam. 70: 17 (1982)
  • R. Fernandes in Flora Zambesiaca 7: 42, t. 6 (1983).
  • Raadts in Willdenowia 8: 139 (1977).
  • Raym.-Hamet & Marn.-Lap. in Archiv. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. 7, 8: 77, photo. 26/86 & 27/87–88 (1964).
  • Raym.-Hamet in Bull. Herb. Boiss., sér. 2, 8: 32 (1908).
  • Toussaint in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 564 (1951).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 3, 2008 Crawford, F. [42] Namibia K000450442 Yes
Apr 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [656] Cameroon K000337868 No
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [796] Cameroon K000337869 No
Apr 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [1120] Cameroon K000337867 No
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [826] Cameroon K000337865 No
Jan 1, 1976 Welwitsch [2485] Angola K000232731 Isotype No
Jan 1, 1976 Welwitsch [2484] Angola K000232732 Isotype No
Jan 1, 1976 Ellacombe [s.n.] Zambia K000232733 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Carson, A. [3] Tanzania K000232736 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Ellacombe [s.n.] Zambia K000232734 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Schimper [637 (in part)] Ethiopia K000232766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K000232765 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Schimper [904] Ethiopia K000232767 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Holst, C. [8907] Tanzania K000232737 Type Yes
Röttler, J.P. [s.n.] K000739532 Type Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6165] Yemen K:SPC-39093.000 No
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] K001325251 Type Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [641] Uganda K:SPC-10529.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Massingue, A.; Timberlake, J. [4087] Mozambique K001400398 Yes
Carter; Abdallah; Newton [2273] Tanzania K001400399 Yes
Ritchie [329] India K001325249 Syntype Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6165] Yemen K:SPC-43441.000 No
Röttler, J.P. [s.n.] K000739534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13519] Kenya K:SPC-08517.000 No
Wight, R. [7225] Kalanchoe wightianum K000739574 Syntype Yes
Wight, R. [7225] Kalanchoe wightianum K000739575 Type Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7974] Zambia Kalanchoe ellacombei K:SPC-00782.000 No
May 1, 2019 Ritchie [329] India Kalanchoe ritchieana K001325250 Syntype Yes

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